diff --git a/ansible/files/admin_api_scripts/grow_fs.sh b/ansible/files/admin_api_scripts/grow_fs.sh
index 6d2a4e5e4..bf2807026 100644
--- a/ansible/files/admin_api_scripts/grow_fs.sh
+++ b/ansible/files/admin_api_scripts/grow_fs.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@ else
     growpart /dev/nvme0n1 2
     resize2fs /dev/nvme0n1p2
 fi
+
+if ! systemctl is-active postgresql --quiet ; then
+    systemctl start postgresql
+fi
+
 echo "Done resizing disk"